noite

Galician

Alternative forms

• note, noute, nuite

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, accusative singular of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Portuguese noite and Spanish noche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoi̯t̪ɪ]

Noun

noite f (plural noites)

1. night; period of dark, when the sun is below the horizon.

   Antonym: día

Derived terms

• á noite
• boas noites
• esta noite
• medianoite
• noite e día
• noite pecha
• noitiña
• onte á noite

Related terms

• onte

References

• “noyte” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “noyte” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “noite” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “noite” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “noite” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin noctem, accusative singular of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Old Spanish noche and Mozarabic nojte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.te/

Noun

noite f

1. night
   • 13th century C.E., Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, , E codex, cantiga 84 (facsimile):

     u ides aſſi marido de noite come ladron.

     Where do you go like that at night like a thief, husband?

Antonyms

• dia

Descendants

• Fala: noiti
• Galician: noite
• Mirandese: nuite
• Portuguese: noite
  • Kabuverdianu: noti

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• noute (dated)
• noyte (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese noite, from Latin noctem, accusative singular of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Cognate with Galician noite, Spanish noche, Catalan nit, Occitan nuèit, French nuit, Italian notte and Romanian noapte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈnoj.t͡ʃi/, [ˈnoɪ̯.t͡ʃi]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈnoj.tɨ/, [ˈnoɪ̯.tɨ]

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.te/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnoj.ti/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnojt͡ʃ/

• Hyphenation: noi‧te

Noun

noite f (plural noites)

2. night (period between sunset and sunrise)
   • 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:

     É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.

     It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:noite.

Antonyms

• dia

Derived terms

• noitada
• noitinha (diminutive)
• da noite para o dia
• noite e dia
• noite morta
• trocar a noite pelo dia

Related terms

• anoitar
• anoitecer
• nict-
• nicti-
• nicto-
• noct-

• nocti-
• noitada
• noitão
• noitinha
• noturno

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: noti